Edify Education plans franchise expansion

Edify Education, an education arm of DRS Group, plans to have pan-India presence by opening 50 franchised Edify Schools, 250 Franchised Edify Kids pre-schools, and 10 company owned International schools by 2015, confirms a company official.

The company considers investing around Rs 500 crore to expand its network of schools to around 300 across India. It has combined the best teaching techniques and practices CBSE and other global orientations to provide ‘international’ education at an inexpensive fee. These schools will run on the 3-C philosophy-character, competence and content. The evaluation process in these schools will be skill-based and will assess the child’s ability to conceptualise, process information, and apply the same in a creative manner.